Were local. Its not a big deal though. We both enjoy the physical side of that, she says. Support: http://patreon.com/jonfunWSAZ First at Four anchor & newlywed Brittany Hoke comes back to find Tim Irr on vacation. Hoke, a Penn Hills resident, is a Mt. The station's noon news (it was brought back in early 1992) and the resumption of a noon newscast meant Channel 4 had gone full circle in a very short time. Erika Stanish, a Western Pennsylvania native, joined KDKA as a full-time freelance reporter in October. Former WTAE anchor Wendy Bell spreading the news to make people smile again Mary Pickels | Sunday, June 25, 2017 9:00 p.m. An Evening of Thanks With Wendy Bell When: 8:15 p.m. June 28. But it's hard to say she's. Alan arrived at Channel 11 in December of 1998. He is recognized as an Honor Graduate of the United States Air Force . WTAE reporter David Kaplan is leaving the Pittsburgh ABC affiliate on Aug. 30. Bruce said he came to WPXI with the promise of replacing Kris Long as an evening anchor. However, the FCC changed its rules so that channel 4 could have based its main studio in Pittsburgh, even if it had been licensed in McKeesport or Irwin. WTAE welcomed reporter Kalea Gunderson in August after several years at WSYX in Columbus, Ohio. The second edition focused on the importance of "The Point"the iconic area of downtown Pittsburgh where the three rivers meet. Please include your first name and location. . Further development of stations in Pittsburgh was halted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s freeze on license awards, which ran from 1948 until 1952. Along with Stockey, the sports department consists of Guy Junker, Ryan Recker, and Bill Hillgrove (Steeler Insider) as of 2013. WTAE's studios are located on Ardmore Boulevard (PA 8) in the suburb of Wilkinsburg (though with a Pittsburgh mailing address), and its transmitter is located in Buena Vista, Pennsylvania. This article is about the Pittsburgh news anchor. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: On August 3, 2009, WTAE-TV converted its traffic/weather subchannel into a This TV affiliate.[49]. Whether it's on our traditional broadcast station, on-line, or on a mobile device, WTAE Channel 4 is always looking for more ways to make it convenient for our viewers to get the local news and weather thats important to them."[22]. Ashley Zilka, a former intern at WTAE, joined the station in September as a reporter, coming from KSTP in the Minneapolis market. He joined the WGN Weather Center team as a meteorologist in 2013. I have the habit of talking to people anyway but at least in Pittsburgh they knew who they were talking to and I miss that, Waters said. I love hauling stuff. In April 1985, WTAE-TV became the only station in the United States to transmit the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania event free over-the-air, after a technical glitch prematurely ended the event's closed-circuit broadcast from the Civic Arena.[11]. Anytime I want a Pittsburgh fix, thats where I go, Bruce said. A.J. Then hopefully we can [build new houses on the vacant lot] or some [ADA] accessible housing. [45] Bell sued her former employer, Hearst Communications, claiming "she wouldn't have been fired for her comments if she were not white". In the media business, its never a bad idea to have a backup plan. Oral Health. Weekend evening meteorologist Danielle Dozier left WPXI in May after three years with the station. WTAE-TV competed against TV stations all across Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey; including two of the largest TV markets in the U.S.: New York City and Philadelphia. Were proud of it, and youre proud to have it on the street.. [26], In April 2013, WTAE-TV was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award for "Reporting: Hard News" for the Downtown Pittsburgh office building hostage crisis. Frankly, you see a lot of outside investors come in and buy up these [abandoned] properties and, with all due respect, they may or may not take care of those properties, she says. [44] Two black males were arrested and charged, but not convicted of the murders. And weve always been passionate about our neighborhood where we live. Once complete, their goal is to sell Love Thy Neighbor homes for between $150,000 to $250,000. WTAE-TV unveiled a new set designed by FX Group during the 5p.m. newscast on September 4, 2007. A bright spot is the West End Villages business district, which was named a Mainstreet Pittsburgh District by the URA in 2009. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Ross is a new temporary freelancer on KDKA-TV reporting from Steelers training camp and Steelers pre-season coverage. [1] WTAE-TV was awarded the most Emmy nominations among all the television stations in Pittsburgh region. I love tearing stuff out. The edition titled "Drilling Down" was the first look at the topic from three perspectives: the drilling companies, the protesters, and the communities impacted by the wells. (and its predecessors) since its national debut in 1988 and Entertainment Tonight since 1989. The third edition of Chronicle aired on December 3, 2013 ("Concussions & Our Kids") which focused on brain injuries in youth sports; and the fourth installment aired on March 25 called "Living Like Lou" a special on Pittsburghers with ALS. WTAE-TV also preempted the Sunday morning ABC children's programming block the entire time ABC offered it, as well as a couple of hours of ABC's Saturday morning cartoons until 1979. Viewers and ABC had also begun to clamor for The View, which premiered in 1997 to acclaim and success compared to ABC's past late morning programs (and was also under the network's full editorial control), to air in Pittsburgh at its prescribed time. More sleep also has been key to managing the problem. I would always give myself an extra 45 minutes to an hour when I went to the store because I knew that someone was going to strike up a conversation. Its invigorating again, she says of her work. In 2007, WTAE-TV moved the auction to the Internet. I saw him a number of times shopping at the K-mart near his home in Moon Township. Controversial former WTAE-TV news anchor Wendy Bell was indefinitely removed from the air on KDKA Radio Friday after earlier in the week suggesting protesters defacing public monuments should be "shot on sight.". Im like a new person, she says. Frey says she and Luhn are targeting houses with vacant lots next to them with the plan to turn those properties into usable yards with off-street parking for their homes. Hearings on the channel 4 permit opened in 1955, and it was originally granted by the FCC to KQV radio in 1956. Reporter/anchor Paul Martino retired at the end of June after spending 37 years at KDKA. WTAE reporter David Kaplan left in August after six years in Pittsburgh. By TMLT Publisher June 23, 2022 - Wtae News Anchor Kelly Frey - The former WTAE-TV morning news anchor discusses her career, health, and why she's investing in the West End. My second day here in Washington was 9/11, Yancy recalled. By the 1980s, WTAE-TV was running many of the top rated off-network syndicated sitcoms from 4 to 6p.m. By 1990, WTAE-TV was beginning to focus more on news, and in 1992 dropped the entire ABC Saturday morning cartoon lineup for a 4 hour newscast (which WPXI was also doing, beginning in 1990). Well, as rested as a parent of an extra-needs child can ever feel. Weekend morning anchor Tom Garris was hired by WTAE in mid-August from WPTZ in Burlington, Vt. Read more: Whos the new WTAE-TV weekend morning anchor? The station aired the Steelers' Super Bowl XL victory in 2006, which was the last NFL game aired on ABC until the 2015 Wild Card game. Shelley Bortz, who has been freelancing at WPXI since 2015, moved to KDKA as a full-time reporter in early October. Here is a look at all moves covered by TV reporter Rob Owen in 2021 (so far): KDKAs Lynne Hayes-Freeland retired in early November after nearly 4o years on the local TV and radio airwaves. Following the shrinking and closure of nearby iron and steel works following World War II, the West Ends population and business climate began to decline, says a study done on the areas architectural inventory for the city of Pittsburgh. WTAE-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. "We understand viewers are constantly looking for news, no matter what time of the day," said WTAE President & General Manager Charles W. Wolfertz III. [2], Cannon has "a public history of battling depression and alcoholism. All editions are available online at: https://web.archive.org/web/20140408215218/http://www.wtae.com/chronicle, In March 2008, the station won a Freedom of Information Award and an IRE Medal from the Investigative Reporters and Editors for "pushing open the front door" of the state-run student loan agency. Don Cannon (born Donald James Clark; February 22, 1940) was a television news anchor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The design focuses heavily on the use of video monitors, Pittsburgh culture, and HD lighting. TV Q&A: Is a Pittsburgher writing for CBSs East New York? Compartilhar isto. The seventh edition called Chronicle: Taste of the 'Burgh was aired to massive ratings and focused on Pittsburgh's growing "Foodie" culture, its impact on the local economy, employment, and national attention. [7] The station's original ownership group's connections with powerful U.S. "Our new 7:00p.m. newscast will give viewers more options to get news and weather information when they want it. PersonalRead More Jackie Cain WTAE, Engaged, Wedding, Wiki Bio, Age, Fiance Married , Janelle Hall Married. Demetrius Ivory is an American meteorologistcurrently working as the weather anchor for WGN Midday News and WGN Evening News at 4 p.m. Bell's remarks, including ones aimed at Black Lives Matter protesters in a video, "do not align" with the values of . After a 6-month hiatus, Jackie came back as a media content director for 424 Media. In October, Dozier was named the chief meteorologist for WHNT in Alabama. Read more: Lynne Hayes-Freeland calls it a career. Biography [ edit] Cannon worked at WTAE-TV from 1969 to 1994. by Andrew Conte June 3, 2021 Kelly Sasso of WTAE Kelly Sasso has been an anchor/reporter at WTAE since 2017, and has worked in local television news for 11 years. Although she has rarely spoken publicly about it, the breast cancer survivor (who was named, Pittsburgh Magazines Pittsburgher of the Year in 2017. as she fought the disease), was diagnosed 30 years ago with a rare acoustic lipoma that caused significant hearing loss. During that time, he became a "fixture of Pittsburgh broadcasting" as part of the WTAE news team, along with Paul Long and meteorologist Joe DeNardo. WTAE-TV was also known for the "legendary" news crew of Paul Long and Don Cannon from the late 1960s into the 1990s. Kelly Sasso WTAE 2023 Trib Total Media | All Rights Reserved, Courtesy of Brenda Waters, Bob Bruce and Shawn Yancy. The original broadcast was accompanied simultaneously with a one-hour telethon to raise funds for ALS assistance; it resulted in over $130,000 raised. It really is. WTAE-TV was thus short-spaced to other channel 4 stations in Columbus, Ohio; Oak Hill, West Virginia; Buffalo, New York; and Washington, D.C.; the transmitter was located southeast of the city as a result of the move. TV Q&A: Is a Pittsburgher writing for CBSs East New York? The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 51. Frey says the company has been well received by neighbors, particularly after she explains Love Thy Neighbors mission statement. Disneys Jungle Cruise, inspired by the theme park attraction of the same name, arrives in theaters and as a $30 add-on for Disney+ subscribers Friday. Continue with Recommended Cookies, Ashley Dougherty Married. I dont have caffeine all day and Im like a tornado.. She explains how lonely the job . Yancy departed WTTG in September 2020 and in January moved across town to NBC affiliate WRC-TV, where the news director is Mike Goldrick, who once ran the news department at WPXI. WTAE-TV did not begin running Good Morning America until December 1978, and only aired an hour of the program until 1980. Local combat veterans are now struggling to find jobs while adjusting to family life and their physical disabilities. Frey says they discussed Luhn, 49, becoming a pilot in the private sector while she stayed home, but it finally started to materialize that he wasnt going to do a flying job that would take him away from home too much again, she says. Well, as rested as a parent of an extra-needs child can ever feel. WTAE-TV also expanded its midday newscast to an hour and dropped The Home Show during 1991. selling homes throughout the Pittsburgh area. In 1997, the station expanded its Sunday morning newscast by an hour and began to air its Saturday morning newscast from 6 to 10a.m. Successfully revitalizing the neighborhood wont be easy though, according to Therman Smith, a West End resident who has restored other properties in Elliott. The station also extended its weekday early evening newscast to begin at 5p.m., and began to air a weekday morning newscast from 5 to 7a.m. It is the highest viewed Chronicle to date. and knocked down.. WTAE morning traffic/ breaking news anchor & noon anchor. The channel 4 frequency on which WTAE-TV began operations during the analog television era was originally allocated to suburban McKeesport, in Allegheny County; other official documents have listed the community of license as Irwin, in Westmoreland County. There was really no set time, she said of leaving KDKA. Businesses donate money and all of their proceeds from the auction and telethon to benefit the Salvation Army. 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Why Kelly Frey is Embracing Her New Life and Career The former WTAE-TV morning news anchor talks about what's next for her job, her health and why she's investing in the West End. Retired WTAE satellite truck operator, photographer and editor Art Carr, now 67, Dillsburg, at the Shanksville crash site on Sept., 11, 2001. Her husband, Jason Luhn, had recently retired from the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Coraopolis, where he served as a pilot with the Air National Guard Unit, a position that often required him to be deployed overseas. WTAE-TV announced Wednesday that Kelly Frey, a weekday morning anchor who has been. For his part, Luhn says he enjoys working with his wife, emphasizing that Frey strives to excel at whatever she takes on. Bill Cardille (now a former Channel 11 host and weather forecaster) signed the station on the air. 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There was a lot of speculation and things thrown around, she says. Read more: KDKA reporter Nicole Ford jumps to WPXI. [23] In April 2008, that same effort resulted in a Peabody Award for the station, in recognition of "station's relentless legal campaign to obtain public records of a state-run student loan program" which "netted evidence of financial misconduct and pushed the state to rewrite an antiquated right-to-know law. A bright spot is the West End Villages business district, which was named a Mainstreet Pittsburgh District by the URA in 2009. Only on WTAE Channel 4. Field reports continued to be broadcast in 4:3 standard-definition until September 2011, when field reports began to be broadcast in 16:9 SD. They have integrity.. Several months after the freeze was lifted, two UHF stations in Pittsburgh, WENS-TV (channel 16, now WINP-TV) and WKJF-TV (channel 53, now WPGH-TV), went on the air. This resulted in lotteries now being audited and monitored with "witnesses" from the government and/or accounting firms, and also inspired the movie Lucky Numbers. former wdam news anchors. WTAE news anchor Wendy Bell was fired in March 2016 after posting comments following the 2016 Wilkinsburg shooting, including: "You needn't be a criminal profiler to draw a mental sketch of the killers who broke so many hearts two weeks ago Wednesday they are young black men. Jennifer Abney Age and Birthday. An online petition was launched in support of the anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sportscasters. Since then, one station was eventually granted affiliation in Altoona (WATM-TV), while WBOY-TV in Clarksburg and WTRF-TV in Wheeling began carrying ABC programs through digital subchannel affiliations in August 2008 on WBOY-DT2 (Your ABC) and WTRF-DT3 (ABC Ohio Valley), respectively. Its not a trip worth taking. His ex was sentenced to two years of hard work . Former Disney Princess. Like its NBC rival, WPXI, Channel 4 was not a major player in terms of news coverage in its early years, as the Pittsburgh market was dominated by KDKA-TV and anchor Bill Burns. Former WPXI-TV morning anchor Bob Bruce began thinking about life after TV in 1998, two years into what would be a 13-year stint at Channel 11 that ended in 2009 when he left the business to work full time in wealth management at Integrity Wealth Consulting, the Wexford-based firm he runs with his son, Scott. Our forever home is there. He was a member of the Target 11 Investigative Unit for nearly five years. Here is a complete list of nearly every local News Anchors in your town. There are probably four dumpster loads of debris inside still, Frey says, adding she and Luhn are working with First National Bank and the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Chief Meteorologist Mike Harvey received two Emmys including excellence in weather. I love Pittsburgh, he said, and I love the viewers and Im going to spend the rest of my life here although I may get away in the winter., Read more: Paul Martino retires from KDKA-TV, Anchor Stacy Smith retired from KDKA in late May, ending a 50-year broadcasting career with 38 years spent at KDKA. On September 20 at the Emmy Awards Gala, it was confirmed that WTAE-TV won more Emmy awards than any other Western PA television station which included the following awards: Health News (Don't Ask, Don't Research), Health/Environment/Science Program (Chronicle: Living Like Lou), Human Interest (Love Front Porch), Sportscast (Sept 23, 2013 edition), news Anchor (Wendy Bell), Feature Reporter (Wendy Bell), and for Specialty Reporter (Wendy Bell). But at nearly 50, Frey is excited to see where this new journey the one she never saw coming takes her. [21], On January 6, 2016, WTAE announced that the station will add a 7 p.m. newscast on subchannel 4.2 beginning February 1. The online live video stream was picked up veterans organizations around the country and the highest watched Chronicle to date. America's longest war has ended, and a new generation of veterans is transitioning to life at home. The format was lifted from Boston sister station WCVB-TV, where their Chronicle has been on the air since 1982, albeit in the form of a weeknight, half-hour news-magazine. ", "For the record: Allocations-TV channel changes. Miele is considered to be an expert in crisis communications . With its proximity and easy access to Downtown and the airport, and gems such as the shops of the West End Villages Main Street and the West End-Elliott Overlook, the couple says the area has a lot to offer. In June 1992, the station expanded its news production, adding a Saturday morning newscast from 8a.m. to 12:30p.m. (matching WPXI's Saturday morning newscast of the then-same length, which began in 1990) and a three-hour Sunday morning newscast. The industry is changing a lot and when my news director Kathy called me in and told me she was taking me off the (weekend morning) anchor desk, I said, Well, shes making changes, shes putting in younger people, so perhaps its time.. Theres no water meters. WTAE-TV's other offerings include Live with Kelly and Ryan, Inside Edition, Entertainment Tonight, and Tamron Hall, among others. former wbre news anchors. Were going to acquire them and, one by one, put them back into circulation.. During a year filled with so much uncertainty and distance,. He left that position in 2007. In a tweet announcing his departure from WTAE, Kaplan said it "would be an understatement" to say he appreciated. She has since, Located about two miles west of Downtown and encompassing less than a square mile, Elliotts population, bolstered by the coal-mining industry, peaked around the turn of the 20th century, according to, . Hell play a philosophical ex-military aide to an Earth diplomat to the lunar colony. The newscast will be hosted by current weekend morning anchor Jackie Cain and chief meteorologist Mike Harvey. Shock Theatre featured monster movies such as The Invisible Man and Frankenstein in-between live-action comedic skits. Back in mid of 2019, she was also hired by WTAE-TV as a noon news anchor. Complete list of winners at the 29th annual SAG Awards, GZA, Donnie Iris, John Mayer among top concerts to see around Pittsburgh in March, Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story, As court debates student loans, borrowers see disconnect, Vento's Pizza, home of 'Franco's Italian Army,' to close, Western Pennsylvania's trusted news source. He took me under his wing and said, Look, I think you have a lot of potential and talent and were going to work on your reporting and make it stronger. If it had not been for him, I think I would still be foundering so Im eternally grateful for him.. It never ceases to amaze me how wonderful and kind and thoughtful people are, reaching out and taking time to email me or send in a greeting card, she says. For a while, she enjoyed the extra hours of sleep, as well as the novelty of not having to work holiday mornings, as she enjoyed some down time with family and mulled over what to do next.